Originally Posted by
ATOguy
I have no time for VJ as an employer, they are in the same category as Ryanair and I would never consider working for them. But you don’t do your argument any favours by coming out with nonsense like this.
You are not training and travelling on your days off. Those are work days as per your contract, and if you add up the number of days you work in a year on this arrangement it is less than the number worked by someone with a full time job. Which makes it hard for people with a full time job to sympathise.
What those full time employees never realize. They are not gone from home at least 17 days every 30 days. They sleep most nights at home with their family. Weekends and bank holidays are off days -> quality family time. How many family events do full time employees miss compared to VJ pilots?
How many days are VJ crews gone in total on average? 19 a month including training etc? That's 456 hours. How does that compare to a full time employee with an 8 hour day? Who is more hours away from home even if you ad commuting time?